1) Anniversary Gift

Bill grew up just outside of Looma, Alberta. On his parent's 24th Wedding Aniversary, Nov. 21, 1942 Bill enlisted in the Army in Edmonton. He was sent to shilo, Manitoba where he took Driver training and started his mechanics course that he completed in Woodstock, Ontario. Bill left for England in May of 1943. The trip to England on the Queen Mary took four and a half days. Bill considers himself lucky in that when he was posted overseas he went over on the Queen Mary and returned home after the war on the Queen Elizabeth.